Landmark comes back to life

DEL NORTE — When Kodi Whitehead left his hometown in 2001 to go to college, the nearly unending process of restoring the historic Windsor Hotel had just shown its first signs of getting underway.

“I think they had painted it by the time I left,” he said.

Flash forward to 2013 and the 1874 hotel that had been saved from the wrecking ball stood fully restored but lacked someone to manage its 20 rooms and stately restaurant after previous management had moved on.

Enter Whitehead and his wife Regan, who both worked in the hospitality industry in Southern California for seven years and dreamed of running their own restaurant.